Installing The Java Runtime

Installing E

Unpack the binary distribution
into the directory in which you wish to install E.
For concreteness only, let's say you installed E
in the directory "/ehome". Please read the /ehome/README.txt
file (the README.txt file in the directory at the top of the
unpacked binary distribution) and follow the instructions. When you're
done, you should have an "eprops.txt" file (E configuration
preferences) and a "rune" file (a bash driver script).
For reference, here are my "eprops.txt"
and "rune" files after
I tried to get these to work on my system. When you try to run the "rune"
driver from a bash shell, or similarly, when you try to run a *.e
file as an executable, if you see the error

declare: unknown option: `-a'

this means your version of bash is too old. You should upgrade. See Bash
Dependencies.

Let's say you want to run the "elmer.e" script. If
you cannot obtain an adequate bash for your platform, you can ignore the
"rune" driver script and invoke java yourself.